May 30
This is one of my typical dinner dishes. Chicken. Some type of veggies. Jasmin rice cooked Brazilian style. This particular dish features a sauted chicken breast in olive oil and spices, a can of low sodium black beans, sauted bell peppers (red and green) and onion over a bed of jasmin rice sauted with minced garlic. Mmm. Mmm. 20 minutes and you’ve got dinner!
May 27
The other night I made what is now one of our favorite quick and easy (and delicious) recipes for dinner. It’s great for a week night since there are minimal ingredients and it cooks quickly
Spicy Turkey Sausage With Black-Eyed Peas and Spinach or as we call it “bean and weenies.”
The recipe came from one of my (recently) favorite cooking magazines “Sunset.” I’ve cooked probably 50% of all the recipes in their “2010 best recipes” edition so far. I’m usually more a fan of fresh/natural ingredients (not canned), but I gave this one an exception. It calls for turkey sausage (which I originally was disgusted by the idea of buying it.) I actually returned it to the shelf once before purchasing, because I’m skeptical about sausage. I’ll just say that this is my favorite sausage. Ever. Oh gosh, it’s so good. So good that we’ve had it probably once a week (plus left overs) for the past 2 weeks. Anyway, it calls for a can of black eyed peas, a can of diced tomatoes (I used Mexican seasoned), a bag of spinach leaves, garlic and a few other goodies over a bed of jasmin rice. It takes about 20 minutes total before it’s on the table.
